OTAKU TUESDAY: Bring Back Toonami!

Showing enough hip-hop stamina and lyrical versatility to
overload any scanner in range, “Otaku King” Richie Branson has taken to
dropping new, anime-themed tracks on a weekly basis. He’s made Otaku Tuesday an
internet institution within just the space of a month, spitting rhymes about
the likes of INITIAL D and GURREN LAGANN with subjects requested by users
like you.

Today, he makes a plea for Toonami’s return, and the occasion’s
seemed to right to make Otaku Tuesdays part of Anime Vice’s schedule. Whenever
there’s a new rap out, we’ll be there with some exclusive questions to shed
some light on the motivations, inspirations and assorted perspirations that
went into a track.

Listen to this ditty, below, then go on and get #bringbacktoonami
and #otakutuesdays trending…!

Anime's become available in America through other venues
since Toonami bowed out - - what makes Toonami so special for you, even
today?

Absolutely true, I've been doing most of my GUNDAM watching
on Crunchyroll these days. What made Toonami special was its presentation. TOM
was awesome to watch in between shows.

How did you feel when Toonami returned for April Fool's Day?
Surprised? Shocked? Terribly teased? Maybe even hopeful?

I was amazed, particularly due to the fact
that I released the Wing Zero EP just 10 days earlier. It was definitely
surreal seeing TOM introduce Gundam Wing for the first time in years.

I'm spoiled by fansubs and readily available streaming now. I do not want Toonami back because I will not watch it. It will be especially embarrassing if anime continues to be relegated to 11pm on Saturday. We'll most likely end up in the same place we are in now.

I think Toonami should come back paired with it's own streaming site like Crunchyroll. Imagine a Toonami site full of classic anime where you set up playlists, sit back, watch and enjoy TOM jumping in and doing his thing in-between episodes.

I missed Toonami and Tom's commentary on anime and video games. Awesome rap!

@Daniel_Newton said:

I think Toonami should come back paired with it's own streaming site like Crunchyroll. Imagine a Toonami site full of classic anime where you set up playlists, sit back, watch and enjoy TOM jumping in and doing his thing in-between episodes.

I think Toonami should come back paired with it's own streaming site like Crunchyroll. Imagine a Toonami site full of classic anime where you set up playlists, sit back, watch and enjoy TOM jumping in and doing his thing in-between episodes.

That's a brilliant idea. That way, the network responsible will still legally gain money off of it.